Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Volume 4 Orchestral & Concertos Chandos

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FRANZ LISZT

(1811-1886)

Hungaria, S 103

22:01

Symphonic Poem No. 9

Largo con duolo - Quasi andante marziale -

8:19

Agitato (un poco più mosso) -

3:41

Agitato molto - Più mosso (ma poco) -

2:50

Largo con duolo - Andante. Tempo di marcia funebre -

3:25

Allegro marziale -

1:45

Allegro trionfante - Stretto - Presto giocoso assai

1:59

Hamlet, S 104

13:47

Symphonic Poem No. 10

Sehr langsam und düster -

3:32

Allegro appassionato ed agitato assai -

2:26

Allegro (wie früher) - Allegro molto agitato -

3:28

10.

Sehr langsam und düster (wie Anfangs) -

4:21

Hunnenschlacht, S 105

15:08

Symphonic Poem No. 11

11.

Tempestoso. Allegro non troppo -

2:21

12.

Das Tempo bleibt immer dasselbe bei dem verschiedenen Taktwechsel -

4:07

13.

Maestoso assai (Andante) - Lento -

5:20

14.

Allegro (alla breve) - Stretto

3:19

Die Ideale, S 106

28:45

Symphonic Poem No. 12

15.

'So willst du treulos von mir scheiden'. Andante -

1:38

16.

Aufschwung. 'Es dehnte mit allmächt'gem Streben'. Allegro spiritoso (alla breve) -

5:47

17.

'Da lebre mir den Baum, die Rose'. Quieto e sostenuto assai -

2:55

18.

'Wie einst mir flehendem Verlangen'. [Quieto e sostenuto assai] -

2:28

19.

'Wie tanzte vor des Lebens Wagen'. [Allegro molto mosso] -

3:12

20.

Enttäuschung. 'Doch, ach! schon auf des Weges Mitte'. Andante -

2:48

21.

'Von all dem rauschenden Geleite'. Das Tempo allmählich etwas bewegter -

0:50

22.

'Du, die du alle Wunden heilest'. {das Tempo allmählich etwas bewegter] -

2:35

23.

Beschäftigung. 'Und du, die gern sich mir ihr gattet'. [Andante mestoso] -

2:16

24.

Aposteose. Più moderato, maestoso, con somma passione -

4:15

79:58

Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

1 and 2 February 2008

Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

This is the fourth volume of Gianandreas Noseda’s recordings of Liszt’s symphonic poems with his BBC Philharmonic. We do not often hear Hungaria these days, nor Die ideale, but Hamlet and Hunnenschlacht are better known. As so often with Liszt, one is struck by the advanced harmonic language and the originality of the ideas and the orchestration. The playing has the fire and drive that Noseda brings to romantic music; the recording is as clear and vivid as we have from to expect from Chandos

The SundayTelegraph

All these qualities are conveyed by orchestra and conductor in a way that tells you that true virtuosity is achieved through discipline rather than a more generalised and garish drama. This finely recorded disc is a glorious addition to the series.

Gramophone

Yet as Gianandrea Noseda reaches the fourth and final volume in his outstanding complete series, one can at last savour Liszt’s phenomenal overall achievement as never before. Even Die Ideale, a half-hour meditation on a Schiller poem, sound utterly gripping in Noseda’s hands and puts fine versions by Bernard Haitink and Kurt Masur quite in the shade

Classic FM Magazine

Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic, faced with so much in-and-out material, wisely refuse to turbocharge the idiom and risk melodrama. Instead, their relatively restrained approach conjures an appropriate set of mellow, mid-19th century orchestral colours, while generating pace and excitement where the music permits.

BBC Music Magazine

I find a great deal to admire in these performances. The extraordinarily high technical values attendant on the recording reveal myriad details of gesture, colour and texture that have simply been inaudible heretofore. The beautifully blended sound of the BBC ensemble is nothing less than a sensual delight. Ultimately these are strikingly imaginative interpretations of what is, after all, the most important and influential body of European orchestral music composed during the 1850s. Very highly recommended.

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